Cawdor (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robinson Jeffers
- First Published: 1928
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1900
- Setting: Carmel Coast Range, California
- Principal Characters: Cawdor, Hood Cawdor, George Cawdor, Michal Cawdor, Martial, Fera, Concha Rosas
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Parents and children, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Nature, California, West, U.S., Farms, farmers, or farming, Fathers, Pacific Northwest, Life, philosophy of
- Locales: California
The Story:
In 1899 a terrible fire devastated many of the farms along the Carmel coast, but Cawdor’s farm was untouched. Early one morning he saw two figures approaching his house: a young woman leading a blind old man. They were the Martials, who held the land bordering his, and with whom Cawdor had an old feud. Martial had been blinded by the fire, his farm destroyed. His daughter Fera had only Cawdor to turn to for relief. Cawdor took them in and sent his servant, Concha Rosas, to live in a hut. When the old man was well enough to walk around, Cawdor spoke of sending the...
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